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Work by winning artists on display at Goole Library

January 23, 2012

More than 100 artworks by pupils from local schools will be on show in a temporary gallery at Goole Library on Carlisle Street next week (23 January – 3 February).

TAGS: Art,, local community,, local schools,

GB Railfreight and Drax unveil The Eco Express

January 18, 2012

GB Railfreight (GBRf) and Drax Power Limited (Drax) today celebrate their partnership in delivering renewable energy with the unveiling of a special locomotive at the National Railway Museum in York (Wednesday 18 January).

TAGS: Great Yorkshire Show, , biomass,, partnership,, renewable,

Winning work from 90 young artists decided in one-day gallery space

December 22, 2011

More than 90 artworks by pupils from Selby and Goole schools were on show in a temporary gallery at Drax Sports and Social Club this week (Tuesday 13 December 2011).

TAGS: AITC,, Local artists,, Local schools,

Local childern get lesson in safety from Seatbelt Sheriff

December 19, 2011

Fifty local children from 25 schools in the Selby, Tadcaster and Sherburn areas enjoyed fun and games at Drax Power Station (“Drax”) in an annual scheme designed to promote road safety.

TAGS: JRSO,, Local schools,

Register now for the Drax Cup 2012!

November 1, 2011

The opportunity for a cricket team at any primary or junior school in Yorkshire to play on the world-famous pitch at Headingley Carnegie Stadium next summer is now underway with the Drax Cup 2012!

TAGS: Cricket in the Community, , Drax Cup,, Yokshire,

Drax raises money for The Steve Prescott Foundation

October 31, 2011

Drax has given £3,700 from a safety scheme involving staff and contractors at the power station to The Steve Prescott Foundation, founded in 2008 by the ex Hull and St Helen’s player after he was diagnosed with Pseudomyxoma Peritonei a rare form of stomach cancer.

TAGS: Charity,, Health and Safety,, Outage,

Fund to help Willow walk a step closer after Drax donation

October 31, 2011

An appeal to raise money needed to give a local girl life-changing surgery is close to reaching half its total after a £3,700 donation by Drax .

TAGS: Charity,, Health and Safety,, Outage,

Charity Golf Tournament raises £14,520

October 21, 2011

Fundraising efforts on and off the course at Fulford Golf Club have enabled Drax to hand over a cheque for £14,520 to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA), almost half as much again as the target of £10,000 Drax had set for the day.

TAGS: Charity,, Golf, , YAA,

Renewables Obligation Banding Review Consultation

October 20, 2011

The Government has, today, published its Renewables Obligation (RO) Banding Review Consultation, setting out proposed support levels for the various renewable technologies under the RO which will come into effect from April 2013.

TAGS: Biomass,, ROC,, Renewables,

Drax and Siemens celebrate manufacture of 28 turbines

August 31, 2011

The largest steam turbine modernisation programme in UK history is moving rapidly towards completion at Drax Power Station, Selby, as the final Siemens built turbine rotor blade components were delivered to site this week.

TAGS: turbine upgrade,

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